Word Stress in English (5 basic rules to improve your pronunciation)

Here is a short explanation on what word stress is as well as five common word stress patterns that will help you accentuate the right syllables and speak English like a native speaker.
These rules will enable you to improve your intonation and speak with a better accent. Understanding and mastering the rhythm of English is crucial to be well understood and reach a high level of oral expression in English.

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1. With most nouns and adjectives with 2 syllables, the stress is on the first syllable.
2. With most verbs with 2 syllables, the stress is on the last syllable.
3. The words ending in
-TION
-SION
-CIAN
are usually stressed on the last second syllable.
4. Words ending in -IC are usually stressed on the last second syllable.
5. Words ending in -EE or -OO are usually stressed on the last syllable.

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The best video of stressed and unstressed syllables have ever watched! Thank you very much Jeff!!

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All the pleasure is mine!

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Dear!Thank you very much for this useful and practical video.I am from Congo Brazzaville, one french speaking country based in Central Africa.So, improving stress and intonation is very big challenge for me so far, but your 5 basic rules to improve our pronunciation are very beneficial for me.Best Wishes

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I'm french as well and I have problem with stress words in English. I never know where to stress. Thank you for these 5 rules, I hope they help.

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Thank you Mr.Jeff for giving me the 5 rules. They help me a lot in stress patterns

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Great Job, Jeff! one of the better ESL vids out there- very useful for my speech class! Thank you!

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Thank you for the video, Jeff. It is well organized and easy to follow. Great examples too!

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Simple and well explained - Thank you!

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I was really struggling with word stress this video really helped me. Thank you.

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Wow! It is today that i really understand this lesson. Thanks you very much!
Merci vraiment!

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Jeff; thank you for the lesson, very helpful now I know the 5 stress rule

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I love how you say " dramatic " your accent is goals

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You really made my life easy with this generalized rules. Thanks a lot.

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THANK YOU. I will be asked to explain this on a test, so you've really helped me.

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Thank you kind sir for this video ❤ I've been struggling with word stress so much that i'm on the verge of tears 😂

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Wow!! that was really informative!
please do upload a lot like this Sir, Thank you.

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You've nailed it Jeff! great work!

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In the way, you're teaching. Superb!

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Hello and thanks for the clarity!! please keep posting more stuff coz this stress thing is very stressful to teach and to learn :) Bless you !!!

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Thanks a lot for ur knowledge sharing with us .

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thanks for these 5 rules! easy to understand to apply

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WOW!!!! how lucky i'm. i have been looking for a video like this since , but today i think i got it.... You have done it well.Congratulations

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Oh just great!! I like it very much. Now life is going to be very easy with English.

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wow...the best video regarding this concept it was just AWEsome

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The rule about -EEs and -OOs were new for me.Thanks.

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Wonderful and informative!
Great job!

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Thank you so much, I passed my english exam, u relieved my stress

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Wowwww God bless you. I really learn a lot !!!!

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Thanks!

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I loved the phrase every word has its own music. Great job Sir

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thanks a ton Jeff . you cleared my doubts

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An excellent video! Thank you so much!

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Thanks you so much! I am taking pronunciation classes and English is not my first language so there many sounds that in Spanish does not exist! and I want to be an ESL teacher so I need to know a lot! :)

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are u on twitter? i still didn't u understand shiet.. maybe u can help?

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Best English lecturer ever seen on youtube

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thank you so much teacher,It was very clear!

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Hai Jeff I have been taught stress by experienced teachers but they taught me round about and I got confused but your 5 minits video gives me an extensive range of matters.

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so interesting video. love your voice, so energetic. thank you

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Thank you Sir!! This really helps me to understand even more about stress

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I really appreciate your explanations. Thanks so much. And give us videos plz.

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This will come in handy. Thanks!

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Merci beaucoup. Cette vidéo est claire, nette et précise !

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Good video lesson for English Syllables

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Great & easy rules ! MerCI !

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Jeff,i can't thank you enough.Great

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Easy to understand, compact!

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Thank you sir. It helped me a lot. I'll show this video to my English class.

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Thanks alot

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Thanks a lot sir, am pretty sure that this will help me too much in my phonetics quiz this sunday :D

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Useful! Thank you!

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I used to hate stress cuz it was hard for me
u made it easier *_*
wow ❤
Merci Beaucoup hhhh

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Thank you, Jeff Roy pls, you can give some examples of word stressed and schwa sound. For examples : disappear, propagation environment,unprofessional,innovate,communication,compromise,permit,content.

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Jeff, Thank you very much for this useful and practical video. We benefited from your 5 basic rules to improve our pronunciation.Best Wishes

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+SuperFranniebaby Thanks for your feedback, superfranniebaby!

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